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Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities environmental activists have fought hard to include in the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to create such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened, ranging from constitutional rights of nature in Ecuador to rights for rivers in New Zealand, Colombia, and India. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise. (Source: transcript Verlag)
Mihnea Tanasescu, born in 1984, is a political ecologist with a background in human ecology, philosophy, and political science. He has published widely on the political representation of other than human beings. He was a research fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and a visiting fellow at the University of Auckland, NZ (Law), and the New School for Social Research, USA (Politics).
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Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human—and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based on four years of fieldwork among the Runa of Ecuador’s Upper Amazon, Eduardo Kohn draws on his rich ethnography to explore how Amazonians interact with the many creatures that inhabit one of the world’s most complex ecosystems. Whether or not we recognize it, our anthropological tools hinge on those capacities that make us distinctly human. However, when we turn our ethnographic attention to how we relate to other kinds of beings, these tools (which have the effect of divorcing us from the rest of the world) break down. How Forests Think seizes on this breakdown as an opportunity. Avoiding reductionistic solutions, and without losing sight of how our lives and those of others are caught up in the moral webs we humans spin, this book skillfully fashions new kinds of conceptual tools from the strange and unexpected properties of the living world itself. In this groundbreaking work, Kohn takes anthropology in a new and exciting direction–one that offers a more capacious way to think about the world we share with other kinds of beings.
Eduardo Kohn is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at McGill University.
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Booklist from Siobhan Marks, Communications & Marketing Director
Indian Community School, Franklin WI
Indian Community School, Franklin WI
1. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
This novel, based on the life of Erdrich's grandfather, a Native rights activist, explores the effects of government policy on Indigenous communities. It delves into themes of resilience, family, and connection to land.
2. All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke, a prominent Indigenous environmental activist, offers insights into environmental issues facing Indigenous communities and explores the spiritual and cultural connections Native peoples have with the land.
3. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
In this collection of essays, Simpson, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar and writer, discusses Indigenous knowledge systems and how they offer alternative ways of thinking about governance, land stewardship, and community.
4. Tracing the Lines: Spiritual Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Decolonizing Theology by Patty Krawec
Krawec, of Anishinaabe and Ukrainian heritage, combines memoir, history, and analysis to reflect on environmental justice, spirituality, and Indigenous land rights, weaving in both personal stories and community knowledge.
5. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
This essay collection by Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott explores complex topics like mental health, racism, and colonialism with an emphasis on personal experiences, while also discussing connections to land and identity.
6. Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes
Estes, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, examines Indigenous resistance movements, especially the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, and how these actions reflect long-standing struggles for land and water protection.
7. Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson
This book explores Indigenous ecological knowledge and sustainable land practices, particularly in California. It provides a deep dive into how Native people have shaped and cared for landscapes in the region.
This novel, based on the life of Erdrich's grandfather, a Native rights activist, explores the effects of government policy on Indigenous communities. It delves into themes of resilience, family, and connection to land.
2. All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDuke
Winona LaDuke, a prominent Indigenous environmental activist, offers insights into environmental issues facing Indigenous communities and explores the spiritual and cultural connections Native peoples have with the land.
3. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
In this collection of essays, Simpson, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar and writer, discusses Indigenous knowledge systems and how they offer alternative ways of thinking about governance, land stewardship, and community.
4. Tracing the Lines: Spiritual Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Decolonizing Theology by Patty Krawec
Krawec, of Anishinaabe and Ukrainian heritage, combines memoir, history, and analysis to reflect on environmental justice, spirituality, and Indigenous land rights, weaving in both personal stories and community knowledge.
5. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
This essay collection by Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott explores complex topics like mental health, racism, and colonialism with an emphasis on personal experiences, while also discussing connections to land and identity.
6. Our History Is the Future by Nick Estes
Estes, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, examines Indigenous resistance movements, especially the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock, and how these actions reflect long-standing struggles for land and water protection.
7. Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources by M. Kat Anderson
This book explores Indigenous ecological knowledge and sustainable land practices, particularly in California. It provides a deep dive into how Native people have shaped and cared for landscapes in the region.